Could Only Ask Questions
(Written for Miss Edna Speck, Evansville, Ind.)
"Madelaine," asked her mother, when home she came at noon,
"How did you like your teacher, or can't you tell so soon?"
MADELAINE.
"Oh, yes, I formed my 'pinion long 'fore I started home,
She's rather pleasant, looks quite wise, and wears a lovely comb,
But surely she is stupid in spite of her wise looks,
'Cause she only asked us questions from out a lot of books.